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Aurelio Verde was born in Genoa, 26.1.1953. He began his Wado Ryu
training in 1973 at the SAKURA ACCADEMIA WADO RYU Centre in Corso Sardegna, Genoa, with Valerio DE GAETANI
Sensei and Massimo RAVERA Sensei. In that year the Wado Sensei for Italy
was M° Yutaka TOYAMA, he was
6° DAN then.
The harmony of the style, the skill and the mode of the teachers plus
the environment of the dojo, attract Aurelio VERDE who founds in the
Wado, deepest feelings, which will change radically his life. From
now, every moment is spent to Karate-training and the Budo in general. In
that period, just brown belt, he began to teach at Circolo ARCI 30 GIUGNO,
He had taught there for 13 years, with many
troubles and continuing his training at Accademia SAKURA,
led by M° Massimo RAVERA.
Aurelio practiced AIKIDO and IAI under M° G.PERUZZI teaching,
who organized special lesson for karateka-groups at Accademia SAKURA.
He studied KOBUDO, with DE GAETANI Sensei for some years. In 1979 he was
awarded of 1° DAN by TOYAMA Sensei. In the
same period he knew TATSUO SUZUKI Sensei in
London. Aurelio felt this meeting as revelation for himself: each
Sensei's movement or explanation Aurelio felt the essence of WADO
including of OHTSUKA Sensei philosophy. From now Aurelio Verde
Sensei has begun to be a SUZUKI Sensei's pupil, over 25 years spent with
travel to London at Honbu Dojo, for private lessons, and many stages in Italy
and Europe; This meeting improves the karate of Verde Sensei also
because he really respects Suzuki Sensei as a teacher as a Man. In Italy
he contines to train Wado, and in 1980's Toyama Sensei awarded him of Second
Dan. He started to practice TAI
CHI CHUAN with CHAN TSU YAO Sensei who led many stages in Genoa and
Sanremo with the support of DE GAETANI Sensei. In 1983 in Caorle, TOYAMA
Sensei after his last and memorable stage and after his decision to
retire himself from teaching, award to Verde Sensei the third DAN. The
exam that day was likewise memorable during about three hours.
Some year later A.VERDE met in Milan, TOSHIO TAMANO Sensei, 7° DAN SHIHAN,
leader maximum of KOBUDO
SHOREI KAN in Europe. Aurelio followed him dor several years, in many
stages in Milan,
Genoa and in France. He succeeded to have private lessons with TAMANO
Sensei and some of the best pupils of him. Thanks to this experiene he
was able to know other aspects of Kobudo and especially he improved the
teaching-methodology of SHOREI school, giving him the possibility to
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